The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1937, Page 6

j & t t |» / millions.of dollars caring for the dispossessed Indians. Alaska + 6 'The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATES CLOSE yi EWSPAPER State, City and County Official Newspaper : Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company. Bis- q | marek, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mal! matter. Mrs, Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail per yea. (in Bismarck) Daily by mai] per year (in state outst Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail outside ot North Weekly by mai) in Canada, per in Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the ioca! news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. U.S. Had Conscience as Dollar Diplomat There may not seem to be much connection between a crowd of angry U. S. marines wrecking a newspaper office in Nicaragua and a calm discussion of the problem of imperialism in the modern world. But a cablegram from Central America linked the two very neatly, the other day, and provided a little nourishing food for thought. Away back in 1922, or thereabouts, our marines were sta- tioned in Nicaragua. A stout Nicaraguan patriot, Dr. Buitrago Diaz, objected bitterly. In his newspaper, the Tribuna, at Managua, he put the marines on the pan and said contemptu- ously that they were unfit for the companionship of the women of Nicaragua. Some of the marines could read Spanish. So one day a bunch of the lads got together and made a raid on the Tribuna’s * offices, wrecking them with a hearty thoroughness such as only infuriated marines can achieve. And the wind-up of the story came just the other day, when a United States treasury check covering the damages was handed to Dr; Diaz. Well, so what? Does that prove anything in particular, except that Uncle Sam does pay his bills if you give him time enough? You can appreciate the story best if you reflect on the things that have been said about America’s land-grabbing exploits. In the last few years Americans have waxed indignant about Mussolini’s seizure of Ethiopia, Japan’s attack on China, and so on—and have been told that they had no right to throw stones because Uncle Sam himself expanded his terri- torial holdings by force, with Latin-Americans, Indians and other luckless people paying the freight. : But there is a little difference there, somehow, and this Nicaraguan story does illustrate it. Clumsily, often tardily, generally somewhat inadequately, this country has made an effort to redress the balance. The ‘marines are out of Nicaragua now, the country is free and inde- _ /pendent—and even a minor bit of “aggression” like the mob acene in the newspaper office is at last paid for by the U. S. jtreasury. { ,.. Mexico did get the cash of the Gadsden purchase—and two deéades later, got the French lifted off her neck by orders from Washington. Spain did get a lump sum for the Philippines, /and Cuba actually did go free. The government has spent some i jwas acquired by straight purchase. The old marines-have- Behind Scenes Washington Act Changes. , By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 16.—Some of the most important members of the ad- ministration’s inside group are now convinced that only an increase in government spending will snap the nation out of depression. They are sure the New Deal will “start spend- ing again” in the near future. The prediction comes from men who usually know in advance what President Roosevelt is gol-g to pro- pose, although it is not yet being whispered that the President him- self actually has concluded that there's no hope for resumption of recovery except through spending. The drive sore a pela Reta build: boom such co-operation and ple as the administra- tion is offering to business are ex- pected to help. But there is no indi- cation that private enterprise is go- ing to be able to check the eco- nomic spiral and that means, ac- ‘Berry Here? So What?” After Senator George Berry of Tennessee, labor leader and would- be peacemaker between the C. I. O. and A. F. of L., had visited cham- bers outside the room where Wile |, liam Green and John Lewis were conferring, assistants to the con- ferees hastened to offer newspa- permen an official version of the Berry call. Senator Berry, it was said, had asked that the conferees be ad- vised that he had arrived. The conferees were Lewis, Green, Chairman Philip Murray of the Steel Workers’ Organizing Com- mittee and President George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Ralph Hetzel, sec- retary to Lewis, went inside to break the news that Berry was outside. Narrators of the official ver- sion admit that Lewis raised his eyebrows but say that the group remained stlent and unim . The unofficial version of the in- cident, however, insists that one member of the quartet asked: “So what?” At any rate, Senator Berry didn’t leave without posing for the news- reels and making a statement. cording to insiders, that the job can be done only by pumping more gov- ernment funds into the economic sys- tem. Government spending machinery has been kept well oiled with that Insiders Think New Deal May Start Spending Again to Cure Depression Fight Expected on Firearms —— The 4-Point Express Seems to NS : Dr. Brady will answer qecsticas, pertaining to health bet nes dis fo is. Write lett briefly and in ink. Address Dr. fn care, a4 ne. "Tribune. "an quetles meat ‘be Bocompanied by a siammped, self-addressed envelope. of carbohydrate. thet months after they have adopted iting their diet with a daily ration of vitamins B, G fatigue, brain fag or’weakness that | HOLD EVERYTHING! eiys®USws | The Great Game of ITIC S Copyright 1937, by The Baltimere Sus POL THE MELLON VINDICATION It, of course, makes no difference to Mr, Mellon now, but it does seem. that the administration officials re- sponsible for the criminal proceedings against him, recently declared wholly unfounded by the United States Board of Tax Appeals, would want to make possible eventuality, which seems in- creasingly probable, in view. If those who now predict sen spending program are as accurate as they usually are in their prophecies, the government debt is in for another sizable pore * * ‘Will Fight Over Firearms Attorney Gefieral Homer 8. Cum- mings and lobbyists for munitions in- terests are girding for a fight which will come when “the A. G.” presents his proposed amendments to the Na- tional Firearms Act. Especially bitter opposition will be registered against a proposal that any man buying a gun be required to i Janded era of “dollar diplomacy” did finally end. ' That record could be a great deal better—but it could also (be a great deal worse. i It is not exactly the sort of record a greedy and ruthless jpeople would make. Greed is in it, of course—but it is tempered by conscience, after all. Foreign militarists engaged in stealing the lands of weaker tpeoples will have to look a little farther to find justification for baal actions. | Still in the Red f The difficulties which meet an administration that tries to {balance its budget in a time of increasing industrial stagnation are amply illustrated by the announcement at Washington that & $23,000,000-a-month increase in WPA spending has been ordered to cope with unemployment. Twenty-three millions a month constitute heavy spending, even in a government like ours. Since relief expenditures have been one of the main reasons for the unbalanced budget, it is hard to see how the budgetébalancing act is going to be accom- plished when relief costs going up at that rate. Yet what is to be done? The need exists, Unemployment His indisputably on the rise. Something has to be done, and the federal government is the only agency that can do it. i In the long run, a balanced budget must wait on full business irevival. Until that revival comes, government accountants will shave to keep the jug of red ink handy. Alimony Absurdity : It is a little bit hard to work up a whole lot of sympathy jor indignation over the lot of either party to a divorce suit, because the troubles which arise in divorce court are troubles which people bring on themselves. Nevertheless, the matter ; tof alimony does occasionally call for a little straightforward » } denouncing. 4 In Connecticut, for instance, a lady who is suing for divorce »demands alimony of $1,000 a month pending trial of the suit. Her husband objects, saying that her income is $45,000 a-year and she does not need the alimony. She replies that he is mis- taken; last year her income was a scant $30,000. i A case like that makes one wonder why we continue to 5 k put up with the institution of alimony at all, except in cases where there are children to support. For this seems to be the jreduction ad absurdum of the idea that an able-bodied woman is entitled to fat sums from a man simply because she once accorded him the privilege of supporting her. bg collese football players are merely trying to maintain the Old Heldelbe fraditions, and all they ask 1s something » Uttle better in fellowships. as ; eee - Senator Capper proposes a federal statute marriage a af enough wives weren's already laying down the law. lies Every time the public eee into the old variety of ; E E i gets set for a t little business y cde pleasant cycle, it eee 6 ‘That 18-month-year advocate turns up again in California at an in- ors’ congress with time on his hands. eee ‘Dr. Einstein lost his son-in-law by divorce, the more practical stude! 7 aaraming that relativity remaiss a theory, ee furnish his fingerprints. Cummings contends that any honest man would be willing to give his fingerprints, but that a crook would not, and hence wouldn't get a gun. There's a small clique of lobbyists which always appears at any state capital or in the national capit whenever a firearms bill is proposed. Department of justice officials can rattle off a list of about a dozen names of persons sure to be on hand if and when Cummings’ bill comes up for hearings, ze k Here’s How It’s Pronounced International Secretary G. M. Bug- niazet of the Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers has been somewhat in the news lately, especially as a con- feree at some of the AFL-CIO meet- 8, It may be helpful, for conversa- tional purposes, to report that Bug- oes name is pronounced “boon- ya-zet.” (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) BARBS ) o ‘The crusading politician who is al- ways about to “name names” rarely gets any farther ee calling them. Michigan police have a device that reads palms of suspects. Its greatest value is expected to be in locating “finger” men, - * * Nazi magicians ordered not to use edibles in their tricks are now liter- ally pulling Crem ene of hats, * * A film writer complains he wrote steadily for six mionths which was not of all work and * a big show of military power. Maybe the natives are afraid Turkey may become an * Soviets are planning to extend their Arctic explorations in spite of the fact that the average Pole doesn't approve. * Germany has succeeded in making synthetic eggs from fish and Nazis are looking forward to some fine breakfasts of bosthed ner * Few tears were shed in the stove league this fall because the Dust Bow! game was called on account of the weather, ss 8 The big boom everyone was ing came from China, and it made by © reer The man who dived 420 feet in Lake Michigan and came up alive has a for- tune if he can adept his equipment stock plunging. eee Russia to humanize its propaganda—for instance, es dons fee ches oe ae tal| tempted to defraud the government. some sort of public apology before the whole episode is forgotten. Naturally, it is too late to be of any benefit to Mr. Mellon, but one would think that their own self-respect would make some sort of gesture imperative. It isn’t necessary to have been an ad- ‘mirer of Mr, Mellon’s, either person- ally.or politically, a “creature of Wall Street” or a member of the bungling old Liberty League, to feel indigna- tion at the sort of thing attempted against him and which, after three years of testimony and argument, has now been labeled “entirely unjusti- fiable” by a commission which, if prejudiced at all, certainly would not be prejudiced in his favor. It is almost impossible to read the record in this case with- out concluding that the real motive back of it was political. The charge was that Mr. Mellon had at- a = gE : BR EF : i F r [ f E i i i i 4 ae 5 i & : =e Ei ig | j i 3 E | ss e E 5 BY ze E E g E E g i E Fy BES 3 F i 3 i In effect, branding him as a tax dodger and a aaa? ee sony serere. supported by the, secre’ of 6 treasury, tried tO secure a criminal indictment from a grand jury, It was charged by Mr. Mellon—and the facts bore out the charge—that he was not accorded the same treatment as other : aT 4 i Hy wf Hak “But ] DIDN'T tell your wife what time you came in! 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